January 2023

New laws that force tobacco companies to pay the cost for cleaning up millions of cigarettes will come into effect across Spain on Friday. The new rules were approved last year as part of a law banning single-use plastics such as cutlery and straws, and was created in response to a European Union directive.  The […]

Spain’s new digital nomad visa for non-EU citizens to live and work in the country for up to five years is set to come into effect at the end of January 2023 after Parliament gave it the green light.  This puts Spain on the map as the latest European country to offer a digital nomad

SPAIN’S consumer organisation, Facua, has reported eight supermarket chains for failing to pass on tax cuts on food to customers. As of January 1, IVA rates on a basket of basic foods was suspended as part of the government’s latest ‘anti-crisis’ measures while tax on oils and pasta was halved to 5%. Facua sent a

THE horrific war in Ukraine has turned into a disaster at an unprecedented scale and has caused untold suffering for humans as well as for animals. Ten months of lives, homes and infrastructure destroyed and the Ukraine war rages on without a clear end in sight. According to the Office of the United Nations High

Prince Harry’s much-anticipated memoir ‘Spare’ has mistakenly gone on sale in Spain, with customers able to purchase copies before the official publication date of January 10.  The book, titled ‘En La Sombra’ in Spanish, which translates to ‘In the Shadow,’ was reportedly dedicated to his wife, children, and late mother Princess Diana – with no

SPAIN’S Emeritus King, Juan Carlos, reached his 85th birthday on Thursday with close friends saying he is ‘physically and morally very well’. He will celebrate for the third consecutive year in Abu Dhabi after moving to the UAE state in August 2020 amidst controversy surrounding his international business dealings. As in previous years, his son

SPAIN closed 2022 with its lowest level of unemployment since 2007. The Labour Ministry revealed that the jobless total now stands at 2.83 million, down 268,252 on December of 2021. The number of people in work rose by 471,360 compared with 2021, bringing the total number of employed people to 20.29 million. Female unemployment was

THE Guardia Civil is looking for two men after shots were fired in an extreme road rage incident in the Catral area of Alicante Province. Two cars collided on Wednesday at around 4.45 pm on a roundabout at exit 730 of the AP-7 linking Catral and Crevillente. Two of the occupants of one of the cars

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TECH giant Microsoft is to build a massive data centre near Madrid. The company has contracted Ferrovial to construct the facility. The cost has not been revealed, but it is thought to be worth several hundred million Euros. It is part of an investment plan worth over €12.75 billion that Microsoft is rolling out across